Geography -- Politics and power -- Nature -- Culture and sports -- People and populations -- Lifestyle and health -- Industry and transport.
Ian Wright -- GEOGRAPHY : Identity crisis: What even is North America? -- Hawaii is a really long state: Comparing it to the West Coast puts it in perspective -- Global scale: If your state or province were a country, what size by area would it be? -- Alas, Alaska: Big, weird, and wonderful -- Counties that count: Giving a few across the US their due -- Drawing outside the lines: Baffling North American borders -- Doing a double take: City pairs to leave you second-guessing -- Just keep swimming: The first country you'll reach, coast to coast -- The inner banks: Canada's great island lakes and lake islands -- On dry land: States and provinces not touching an ocean, gulf, or bay -- The 8 greatest lakes in North America: Plus 7 pretty good ones -- The United States of Washington: Every place named after the first president -- Rhode nation: If every state were the size of Rhode Island, there would be 2,457 states -- Name dropping: City names, then and now -- A river runs beside it: US natural borders -- POLITICS AND POWER : Madam Governor: Number of women governors by state or province -- Belles of the ballot: When women gained the right to vote -- Engendering equality: The ongoing struggle to pass the Equal Rights Amendment -- Red California and blue Texas?: Presidential election results since 1856 -- Worth the visit?: States the candidates made time for during the 2020 general election campaign -- "Did Not Vote" ends winning streak: A historic turnout finally beats the lack of turnout -- States that picked the greats: Predicting the pantheon of best presidents -- The price of leadership: Salaries of North American heads of state -- Land of equality?: If every state's population had Wyoming's representation in the Senate -- Coaching all the way to the bank: The highest-paid public employee by state -- Monroe's lament: The dependencies of North America -- Bang for the buck: Who pays the most for their military? -- Living on the edge: 2 out of 3 Americans live within 100 miles of the border -- Where service comes first: Proportion of veterans by state -- NATURE : Missing the forest for the trees: The can't-miss trees of North America -- Dog days: When does the hottest day of the year fall? -- Spring hasn't sprung: Punxsutawney Phil predicts late blooms -- Land before time: The greatest dinosaur finds in North America? -- Our biggest hits: North America's largest impact craters? -- Above the fruited plain: The highest elevation in each state? -- And now, the weather: North American weather extremes? -- Caving the day: Cavernous wonders across North America? -- Supervolcano: When Yellowstone blanketed the US and Canada in ash? -- Perma-lost: The Last Glacial Maximum compared to today? -- Where darkness reigns: The dark skies still left for pristine stargazing? -- Singled out: Endangered or threatened species that live entirely within one state? -- A second act: North American species that have staged comebacks? -- Let there be light: Local time of sunset on the summer solstice? -- 44 Don't let the sun go down on me: Local time of sunset on the winter solstice? -- Too much time on my hands: Hours of daylight on the summer solstice? -- Not enough time in the day: Hours of daylight on the winter solstice? -- CULTURE AND SPORTS ? : Tallest, fastest, steepest: Record-setting amusement parks and rides of North America? -- Ones for the books: Iconic moments in North American sports? -- Take me out to the crowd: The 20 largest North American stadiums by seating capacity? -- Topping the charts: The place names that appear in Billboard No. I song titles? -- Black American firsts: The places where they made their names? -- Don't drop the ball: The less-famous things that drop (or rise) on New Year's Eve? -- How the stacks stack up: The 20 largest physical public library collections in the US? -- Magnificent museums: The 20 most popular museums in North America by attendance? -- Hometown heroes: Hall-of-famer birthplaces in the 4 major sports leagues? -- The Midas brush: The most expensive paintings of North America? -- Go see a Frank Lloyd Wright building: Every one of his publicly accessible works Bees expertise: Winning Scripps National -- Spelling Bee words by winner's home state -- All together now: The all-time largest gatherings these cities have ever seen -- Where the stars are born: Where every Best Actor and Actress Oscar winner hails from -- What are you looking at?: The highest-rated programs on US TV -- Ladies and gentlemen, the Beatles!: Every show they played in North America -- PEOPLE AND POPULATIONS -- His name is my name, too: Most common surnames by state or province -- Native lands in native hands: Indigenous population by state or province -- Where we're coming from: Most common countries of origin outside the US by state -- American pie charts: Origin of residents by state -- Birds of a feather: Most common cross-state migrations -- Brightest lights, biggest cities: The top 10 most populous US cities over time -- Balancing act: America's population centers of gravity -- Homes away from homes: Where people have second homes -- Homes all around, but not a place to stay: Number of second homes per unhoused person -- The extremely Big Apple: 38 states have smaller populations than NYC -- The language barrier: Percentage of households speaking only English by county -- Turtle Island: Indigenous homelands in 1491 -- Strangers in their own land: Indigenous homelands today -- LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH : -- Wafflography: Number of Waffle Houses by latitude -- Fast food diet: Which states are a drive-through lover's paradise? -- Getting the runaround: How fast recreational runners finish a marathon by state -- One for the ages: Median age by state -- Looking up to her: Female height in North America -- He's the tops: Male height in North America -- Men are from Alaska, women are from Puerto Rico: Gender ratio by state -- Running from the chapel: Unmarried population by state -- Finding my happy place: Quality of life, happiness, and well-being in North America -- I'm coming out: LGBTQ acceptance in North America -- American tragedies: Accident mortality by state -- America, the next generation: Birth rates by state -- Down and out: COVID-19 anxiety and depression -- INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORT : Expansive spans: The 10 longest bridges in North America -- Lost at sea: Famous shipwrecks in North American waters -- Who's got the goods?: The 50 largest ports in the US -- Get out of town!: How far one day of travel took you from NYC, since 1800 -- Moving on up: The 50 tallest buildings in North America -- Bumper to bumper, coast to coast: How long it takes to get to work by county -- In the driver's seat: How America gets to work -- Don't bank on it: The unbanked people of North America -- Road hogs: The longest roads in the US, Canada, and Mexico -- Cattle call: In which states are you likelier to run into a cow than a person? -- T-minus 15 spaceports: Launchpads across the US -- America offline: Who doesn't have Internet
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